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Nuclear fear: the irrational obstacle to real climate action

By Kerry Emanuel | November 15, 2021

Greenpeace protest against nuclear energy, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Image courtesy Conxa Roda/CC BY-SA 3.0

Nuclear fear: the irrational obstacle to real climate action

By Kerry Emanuel | November 15, 2021

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Victor Gilinsky
Victor Gilinsky
3 years ago

Strange that Professor Emanuel thinks that nuclear plants have more promise for meeting a market test than do batteries. The latest construction project, the Vogtle 3 and 4 plant, is now at nearly $30 billion double the originally projected cost and over five years delayed. He calls for a nuclear “renaissance.” We tried that and it fizzled. “Nuclear waste,” he writes, “can be safely deposited deep in geologically stable bedrock, as is being done in Finland.” Yes, but the actions of the federal government have so undermined public confidence that no state will take it. One reason things are different… Read more »